To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website

Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-03-06

page 1

t . .. i .- iys;- MOUNT YERNON, OHl6 :i TUESDAY; MARCH 6, I860. VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 46. TV - IS rUBblSHBD fill TUIIVIT HUU1IV, Bf X. HARPER. Offlce in XToiiTard's Block, Taird Story ' TBBM3 T iJollri pr a,nnQtn, payable in d Tnee; $2,50 wltbia fix months.: f 3,00 after the ex- piratloa or the year. - Cloba of twenty, 1,50 each. Written for tbe Saaner. v ! TAfe Is Not a Dream. . T VAST PI5KERT0X. t life a. dream ? Oh, If it ii When will the dreaming tofferere wake, And from the cold, unhealthy cl!me, Of T7ry thought thetr spirit take ? When will they r!e from stupor's Hri.ll Unte a bright reality; . Bach rickly riaip gone for ago Hid in the milt past 10 lie? It life a dream? it may be snob, - To those whota fertnne smilei npon, , A gilded train of phantasies, That mores in airy march long; But oh. to these whose hearts mnt bleed . Neath Penury's string or Sorrow's dart. Life is no pbantomed-haunted sleep, They know 'tis true and act their part. Is life a dream f I know 'tis not,-For I'bare fought and bled within The fierce, fietoe strife with pasnion's host - And drank the oup of Adam's sin, And felt its burning powor until,' My Tery sonl a flame would seem And then tbe foolish ones would com And tell mo " Life's a dream." Dreamer, awake! yon'r slamb'ring when -. With sinews knit and weapons drawn-Tou should be warriag with the hosts . That bear you to del tructio on. Awake, airake, before the cold And turbid wares of Jordan's stream , Will roll across your sluggish seul And tell you dtnth is not a dream! Jillgwat, Feb. 21. I860. For the Xt. Vernon Banner. Lorest Tbou Die? BT "LA DBTIB." Lorest thou tno ? Oh i esn I beUertt. Tks'Tofcl yoa so fondly and tenderly breath, Can I on tby truth and assurnnoe rely. That I am more dcar'than anght 'neath the sky ? Oh! tell me would'st tbou for a brief moment griere That lay heart is too proud and too cold to believe? LoTest thoa me? swear not by tbe tky, Pay not for me thou would'st suffer and die, v Say not you worchip the ground 'neath my fest, Hot say that my presence makes solitude pweet, Twere folly, indeed, such madness to breathe, ' For my heart is too proud and too cold to believe. Lorest thon me? a brief time will prove, How easy the transfer of what you call love, Another may soon grace the loye-wreath yoa twine, Tho' you swear not a brow shall e'er wear it but mine. I smile on tbe felly and madness you breathe, For my heart is too proud and too cold to believe. Lorest thou me? Oh ! well could I prise, The heart J deem true, but my fesrs will arise,. That alt heart art ekavginrj, and dark is the fate, That wrings from the spirit tbe murmnr too Int, Away! with the love-vows 'twere niadncps to breathe For my heart is too proud and too- col. I to believe. it5)iit(jtaiL Iaaugfuratiort of Mills' Equestrian Statue - " - of Washington. Tbe following ii a description of the Mason-io ceremonies at the inauguration of the eques' trian statue of the "Father of our Countrj," at Washington city, on the 22 J inst., the anniversr-ry of hia birth. We eive .also the address of President liuchanan on that occasion: Geo. C. . Wbitinjr, Esq., Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the-District of Columbia, then proceeded to confiuct the Masonic ceremonies. In -addressing the Right . Worshipful iSenior Grand Warden, he said: In compliance with the request of the committee of arrangements, and in obedience to the order of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free atid Accepted Masons of tbe District of Columbia, it is mj will and pleasure that we now perform our bumble part in the dedication of this statue of Washing ton, which the Congress of the United States have caused to be erected. It is the dutj and has been the cuitom of Free Masons to honor and reverence the memory of distinguished pat-patriots . and benefactors of the human race; bat among them the came cf Washington is peculiarly cherished, for the world's admiration of bis character and bis countryman's gratitude for bis great services, it is our privilege to add tbe lore and affection of bis brethren of tbe mystic tie. Therefore, in order that our ancient rites may be fully performed, yoa will enjoin upon the brethren, and all others, the order and decorum befitting' this august presence and oc easion. . ; - t " ' Tbe square was then applied to the fonadation stone of the pedestal, and tbe Deputy Grand Master reported the craftsmen have done their doty. Tbe level and plumb were next applied and similar reports made. The Grand Master declared the pedestal wbicb supports th statue well formed, true and trusty. Cora May the Supreme Architect of tbe Uni Terse strengthen and support all those who shall cqntiane the work our Washington begun. . Senior Grand Warden. Wine- May tbe Giver of every good and perfect gift bless and prosper all our patriotic undertakings, and inspire this generation with widom and virtue, to transmit to the latest posterity their priceless bert-tage. - - . ,; "." -Grand Master. 00 May health, plenty, and peace, symbolized by eorn, wine and oil, plente-ously abound throughout the length and breadth i of our land, and may tbe great Ruler of the uni-tersa preserve, in ternal bonds of love and frieudb.lp, the Union of these Sovereign States. Tbe Grand Master, addressing the President of the United States, said: "This -gavel made ex pressly for the purpose and was tued bf .Wash icton, as President of the United States, and as Grand llaster Mason prp tempore, in laying the corner stosa of the Capitol, on ' tba 18th day of Beyteabert 1793 and I now have the honor of requesting, in the oaroe of the fraternity, that, you, his successor, will now v likewise employ H in tie crown in g act c( dciicixlng this atatuev : The President received tbe gavel, and, com w ing forward, was greeted with general applause. He spoke in a distinct and animated Une, as follows: - I v . Fellow CmzKJfs:-! accept the auspicious onen now presented to us in : this calm sunset, almost without a cloud. The ; early part of tbe day was boisterous. Many accidents also, occur red to delay the progress and the completion of these ceremonies, but . these unfortunate occur rence have terminated as, I thank God, always has been the case in the history of our country, If storms and tempests beset us in tbe morning, thaend of the day is still clear, bright and ani mating. Such, I trust, will ever be the issue of the gloom and darkness that for a season ap pear to envelope us. The honorable and important duty that has been assigned tome of dedicating this statue of Washington, which is a noble production of na tive America genius this welcome and grateful task, I now proceed to perform. Standing here on this beautiful and commanding position, sur rounded by the Senators and Representatives of all the States of our fellow citizens, civil and military, in full view of tbe noble Potomac which Washington loved so well, and of tbe shores of the ancient Commonwealth which gave him birth, I now solemnly dedicate this statue to the im. mortal memory of the Father of bis Country. I perform this act of pious devotion, not in the name of the people of the North or the South, the East or the West, not in the name of those who dwell on the waters of the Atlantic of the far Pacific, but in the name of the whole American people, united, one and iodivisable, now and forever. May tbe God of bur fathers preserve tbe Constitution and the Union, for ages yet to come. ; May they stand like the everlasting hills against which the tempests from every quarter of tbe heavens shall beat in vain. In a word, may they endare as the name of Washington shall be honored and cherished among the children of men. May Washington City, which be founded, eon- tinue throughout many generations, to be the seat of government of a great powerful, prosper ous and united confederacy. Should it ever become a ruin, by a dissolution of the Union, it will not like the ruins of Balbeck aud Palmyra be merely a monument of the vanity of human greatness, but will teach the lesson to all the dwellers upon earth that our grand political experiment has. failed, and that man is incapable of self-government. May such a direful disaster to the human race, be averted and In the language of Solomon, at the dedication of the Jewish Temple: "May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers Let him not leave us or forsaken us. May this be the prayer of all piececr, and may each one return to his home, in aeart more ardently patriotic, and more determined to do his whole duty to G d and his country, than when we assembled here to-day. Prophetic Forecast. Washington, in his wis aud patriotic desire for the future good of the great republic which be had founded, foresaw that difficulties might arise, growing Out of the diversity of interests of the several States forming the Union. He had little sympathy with sectional jealousies, and, in: advance, has rebuked the very spirit which now agitates this country. Raad the following extract from Irving' Life of Washington, (vol. 5, pages 55-56:) A letter from Washington's monitory friend, Dr.3tuart of Virginia, (dated March loth, 1700) spoke with alarm of the jealous belief growing up in that quarter that the Northern and Eastern States were combining to pursue their own exclusive interests. Manv he observed, who had heretofore been warm supporters of the povern- ment, were changing their sentiments, from a conviction of the impracticability of union with States whose interests were so dissimilar. Washington had little sympathy with these sectional jealousies, and the noble laneuage in which he rebukes them, cannot be too largely cited. "I ana sorry," observes be, "such jeal ousies as you speak of, should be gaining ground and poisoning tbe minds of the Southern people, but, admit tha fact which is alleged, as the cause of them, and gie it full scope, does it amount to more than was known to every man of information before, at, and since the adoption of the Constitution? Was it not always believed that there are some points which peculiarly interest the Eastern States? And did; any one who reads human nature, and more especially the character of the Eastern people, conceive that they would not pursue them steadily by a combination -of their force? Are there not other points which equally concern the Southern States? If these states are less tenacious of their interest, or if, while the Eastern move in a solid phalanx to effect their views, the Southern are always divided, which of the two is most to be blamed? That there is a diversity of inter ests in the Union, none has denied. That this is the case, also, in every State, is equally cer tain; and that it even extends to the counties of individual States can be as readily proved. In stance the Southern and Northern parts of Virginia, the upper and lower parts of South Caro lina. 'Have not the interest of these always been at variance? Witness the county of Fairfax. Have not the interests of the people of that county varied, or the inhabitants been taught to believe so?: These are- well known tenths, and yet it did not follo w that seper ation wat to result from the disagreement., v . ;'. .. . .' .y " "To eonstitnta a dispute there mast be two parties. To nnderstand it well, both parties and and ell tha circamstancea snnst f folly heard, and, to accommodate differences, temper aid mntual forbearance are requisite. Common dan ger brought th Statw into confederacy, and on thetr union our safety ?and: imnortan. ArJi. AapUitof accommodation wae the basiaoftthe present CoasUtntion. Can ii be expected then, that tha Southern, o ''.' .; ij - - - - , ' , jfana m tne em pire will succeed in all their measures?- Certain- wiu u vamea oy u tauer man ue fonoar. and for the reason which has been mentioned, name- ly, that in all great national questions, they move in unisoc, whilst the others are divided. But I ask again, which it most -blameworthy, those who see and will steadily pursue thei in terests, or those who cannot see, or seeing-, will not act wisely? And I will ask another question of the highest magnitude in my mind, to wit: if the Eastern and Northern States are dangerous in union, will they be less so in separation If self-interest is their governing principla,will it forsake them, or be restrained by such an event? I hardly think it would. Then, independently of other considerations, what would Virginia, and such other States as might be inclined to join her, gain : by a separation? Would they not, most unquestionably, be the weaker party?'' jfacts for people. THE TETJE CHARACTER BROWN. OF JO HIT The telegraph of Friday stated that the letter of Mrs. Doyle had incensed the people at Charles town very much against John Brown. We suppose the subjoined article, from the Westport Border Star, is what waa referred to. We com mend this account of murder and violence to tbe Saints, Abolitionists aid Spiritualists who disgraced the Meiodeon on Friday last : " The Massacrr at Pottawatomie Cbskst. The Abolitionists of the North are trying to get up sympathy for Old John Brown, by represent ing him to be a worthy but misguided man, and one whose nature bad been warped and embit tered by the hands of pro-slavery ists. This is 11 stuff. Brown came to Kansas, not as a peaceful settler, but as a guerilla fighter.. He never was driven from his property by border ruffians, aa he never had any property to be driv en from. All the hostility be. met with was in retaliation for - his own barbarious and brutal deeds. The first murders in Kansas were those committed by Old Brown, lie opened the bloody ball, and he, more than any one else, is respon sible for the terrible scenes that marked the protracted political squabbles of the Territory. Of all the acts in the " BleedingKansas" tragedy, the first in order of time were the murders committed on the night of the 24th of May, I860, on Pottawatomie creek. In this massacre, conducted by Old Brown, .five persons were killed, viz : Allen Wilkinson, Wm. Sherman, old Wm. P. Doyle and his two sons, .William and Drury. The heart-broken survivors bf this massacre the widows and: orphans came to. West-port and deposed to tbe facts of the bloody af. fair before, Enquire Goforth, and the record is now before us. " Allen Wilkinson was a member of the Kansas Legislature a qoiet, inoffensive man. His widow. Lonisa Jana Wilkinson, testified that on the nlghCorfte May hours of midnight and daybreak, she thinks, a pirty of men came to the house where they were residing and forcibly carried her husband away ; that they took him in the name of the North ern army,' and that next morning he was found about 150 yards from the house, dead. Mrs. Wilkinson was very ill at tbe time with measels. Here follows an extract from her affidavit: " ' I begged them to let Mr. Wilkinson stay with me, saying that I was sick and helpless, and could not stay by myself. My husband also asked them to let him etay with me, until he could get some one to wait on me j told tbem that be would not run off, but he would be there the next day, or whenever called for; the old man who seemed to be in command looked at me, and then around at the children, and replied, "you have neighbors." I said " so I have, but they are not here, and I cannot go for them." The old man replied, "it matters not," and told him to get ready. My husband wanted to put on his boots, and get ready, so as to be. protected from the damp and night air, but they would not let him. They then took: my husband away. '" After they were gone I thought I heard my husband's voice in complaint. Next morning Mr. Wilkinson's body was fotrad about 150 yards from the house, in somejdead brush. A lady who saw my husband's body said that there was a gash in his head and his side. Others said he was cut in the throat twice.' " Mr. Wilkinson waa a poor man j of course his widow was left destitute ; but, regardless of this fact, they took away some property, including the on ly horse tbey . had. 'Mrs. Wilkinson was presented at Westport, Missouri, with the necessary means to go to her father's in Tennessee. She had two small children. Mrs. Wilkinson's description of the leader of tbe men who murdered her husband suits Captain Jchn Brown, a well known character in the Abolition party. She says that her husband was a quiet man, and was not engaged in arresting or disturbing anybody. He took no active part in the pro-slavery cause, so as to aggravate the Abolitionists; but be was an anti-slavery man. " The circumstances attending. William Sherman's assassination are testified to by James Harris, of Franklin county, Kansas.' Mr. Sherman was staying over night at the house of Har. ris, when, on the 24th of May, at about 2 o'clock, Capt. John Brown , and party came there, and after taking some property and questioning Har ris and others, Sherman was asked .to walk oat. Mr. Harris, in his affidavit, says : Old man Brown asked Mr. Sherman to 'go out with him, and, Sherman then' went out with Brown. I heard nothing more for about ..fifteen 'fnlnotea. Two of the 1 Northern army, aa they styled themselves, stayed with as until they heard a cap burst, and then these two men left. Next morri- tng about l0 o'clock I foundT tTtlliam ; Shermaa dead, in the creek near ray bouse. I was look ing for him as he had not come back. I thought he had been murdered. I took Mr. - William Shermaa (body) out of the creeV and examined it. v Mrs. White man was1 with' me. Sheraaa'a sknTl was put, open in two places, and1 soma of his brains were washed oat by the water; a large hole waa cut in has breast and his left hand was cat off, except a little piece of skin on ooa side: . .." In relation to the ass 'nation of James P. Doyle and sons, the al vit of Mrs. Mahala Doyle,' the widowed moth , is as follows : i . ; IfAOAlLDOTLES rsposiTiojr , " The undersigned. Ml!. ala Doyle, states on oath r; I am tbe widow c ?, the late James . P. Doyle. We moved into it a Territory that is, my husband, myself and "cLildren, moved into the Territory of Kansas sbae time in November, A. D. 1855, and settled upon Musketo creek, about one mile from 'its -mouth, and wlerg it empties into Pottawatomtet creek, in Franklin county. On-Saturday, the 24th day of May, A. D. 1856, about 1 1 .o'clock af night, after we had all retired, rrVy husband, James P. Doyle, myself and six children five boys and one girl. The eldest is about twenty-two years of age , his name ii William. The next is about twenty years of age ; his name is "Drury. . The next is about seventeen years of age ; bjtr name is Pol ly Ann. The next is about eight eara of age : his name is J ames. The next about five years of age ; his name is Henry We were all in bed, wben we beard some persons come into tbe yard, and rap at the door, and call for Mr. Doyle, my husband. This was about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, of the 2it of May last. My husband got up and went to the door. Those outside inquired for Mr. Wilkinson, and where he lived. My husband said he would tell them. Mr. Doyle, my husband, and' several came into the house, and said they were from the army. My husband was a pro-slavery man. Tbey told my husband tbat he and the boys must surren der ; they were then prisoners. The men were armed with pistols and large knives. They first took my husband out of the bouse; then took two Of my sons '-Willanv and Drury out, and then took my husband and these two boys (Wil-Lam and Drury) away. My son John was spared' because I asked them in tears to spare him. In a short time afterwards I heard the. report of pistols ; I heard two reports. After which I heard moaning as if a person waa dying. : Then I heard a wild whoop. Tbey had asked before they went away for our horses. We told them that our horses were out on the prairie. My hus band and two boys, my sons, did net come back any more. I went out next morning' in search of them, and found my husband and William, my Bon, lying dead in the road, near together, about 200, yards from thi house. They were buried the next day. On the day of the burying, I saw4he dead body of Drury. Fear for myself and the remaining children, induced me j to leave the home where we had been livirg. j We had improved our claim a little. I left and went to the State of Missouri. ber "y. . (Signed,-) ; MaHALa X DoTtE. ' Witness, T. J; Gofortii. " mark. " ' State of Missouri, " Jackson County, 83. 1 ' On the seventeenth davjf June, I8061 - .... . - . 'me, se.a a Justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, Mabala Doyle, whose name appears to the above and foregoing statement, and makes oath according to law, that the above and foregoing. statement is troe as therein set forth. Given under my hand and seal the day and year above written. "Thos. J. Gofobth, J. P. Seal. " The testimony of John Doyle confirms that of his mother generally, and we only copy a few paragraphs : - '"I fonnd my father and brother William lying dead about two hundred yards from the house. I saw my brother lying dead on the ground, about one hundred and fifty yards from the house, in the grass near a ravine. His fingers were cufoff, and bis arms cut off. II is head was cut open. There was a hole in his breast. William's head was cut open, and a bole was in his side. My father was shot in the forehead and stabbed in the Breast. I have talked often with Northern men in the Territory, and these meo talk exactly like Eastern and Northern men talk tbat is, their language and pronunciation were similar ta those Eastern and Northern men with whom we have talked. An old man commanded the party. He was dark complected, and his face was slim. We had lighted the candle, and about eight of them entered the house. There were some outside. The complexion of most of those eight whom I saw in the bouse were of a sandy complexion. : My father and brothers were pro slavery men, andJ belonged to the law and order party. . - " Such is old Brown I If ever a man richly deserved hanging, it is this hoary-headed villain and cut throat. The blood of his victims' hare long enough cried out for justice and satisfaction.": . :: Murders Committed by Brown Before Ms two Sons were Killed. Persistent efforts have bee a made to show that Brown was driven into tbe desperate and bloody career which marked the last three years of his residence in Kansas, in consequence of the murder of two bf his sons by the pro-slavery party. Affidavits taken in June, 1856, have been published, proving that he was the aggressor in the work of slaughters Louisa Jane Wilkinson, widow of the late Allen Wilkinson, a member of the Kansas legislature, deposed that between mid. night and daylight, May 24,-1856, a party cama to the house, and, in the name of. the 'Northern army,n took her husband oat and shot hia. Not having known Brown,' she was not able to slate of her own knowledge that he was 'one of the party, but the description aha , gave .the leader correspond with his appearance in every respect. On the same night, William Sherman, was taken out of the house of "James Harriaand murdered by Captain John Brown1 and. party, styling themselves) the Northern army. . Abthe tiaie they took Sherman out,' they took soma property front the honse! ' Harris In his deposition, calls Brbwa 1y nitne identifying 1 hidi x. with: certaintywTbe deposition of -,Ma,hala Doyle, widow, disclosed a more .extensive .butchery.. The party came to her husband's house about eleven o'clock on the night of tha iithl and inquired where nrVVTiL kinsoa lived. Her husband, WiUIaia P. Doyle, got op to tall them. Thejjlhea told Doyle and Vis two sons, William and Drury, that they must surrender. Within Gtleen minutes they were all three killed in the road, near the bouse. - William was twenty-two years of age, and Drury twenty. John, seventeen years of age, was spared at the earnest entreaties of his mother. ' In his deposition, John gave a description of the leader fully answering to Brown. All these depositions were taken within a month of the . occurrences testified to by the survivors. Here we have the murder of five persons, who, up to the time of their seizure, lad been living in peace upon the land they bad settled. " To meet this evidence, John Brown one of Brown's surviving sons, has put forth his assertion that his father was not in Franklin county in May, ,1856. But the newspapers of that day show that be was then in tbat part of Kansas, at the bead of an armed party, which was spoken of by the pro-slavery men as a band of iree-bootera, and by tbe free state men as an organization got up for the defence of Kansas and freedom. From the first. tbat night's bloody work took- the name of tbe " Pottawatomie Creek Massacre.7 Boston Cou rier;. '.-"-';; . ; -V - PilgTimag'e to Mecca. A recent publication of the Ministry of Alge ria and the Colonies makes some curious state ments relating to the pilgrimages to Mecca during the present year. The ceremonies at Mecca terminated on the 11th of last month, in the presence of about 50,000 piJgiirns, of whom 17,850 had come by sea, and 32,150 by land. In 1858 there were 160,000 pilgrims; iu 1858, 140,000, and 1856, 120,000. This great decrease in the number in 1859 is owing, the natives declare, to the events of Ujedda last year, and also to the dread of the cholera, which made extensive ravages in- 1858. As soon as the pilgrim sets foot on the sacred soil of Mecca he must put on two pieces of white cloth, one tied around his loins with ends hanging down to the middle of the leg while the other is thrown over the shoulders .so as to leave the right arm free. lie must go bare headed and wear sandals. As long as he wears this garment he is bound to lead a pure and reg ular life. At Mecca he begins the ceremonies under the direction of a guide. They are as follows: 1, visiting .the temple and- going seven times round the KaabasUrting from the Black Stone, which he must kiss, or touch in complet ing each circuit; 2, drinking the water of the well of Zem Zem, at which, says tradition, Ha gar and Isbmael quenched their thirst; 3, praying at the Station of Abraham, marked by a stone on which he is said to have stood when he went to sacrifice his Son; 4, stopping and praying at the place called El Madjen, the spot where Solo mon stood to see mortar mixed for building the temple; 5, running seven times between Mounts Safa and Merwa, within the limits of the city, in m,mnr8ti0(r cf Hagar'a anxious search for water for herself ander7eonf"o7rrepiro 00 the 9th day of the month to Mount Ararat, about twelve miles from Mecca, aftey morning, prayer. Mahommedan tradition says that on this hill Adam built a temple and Mahomet performed his devotions; 7, on the following day the pilgrims all go in a body to the Valley of Mouna and there sacrifice prppitatory victim?; they also cut their hair and nails, devoutly burying the portions cut off. After remaining two days at Mount, tbey again visit tbe Temple of Mecca, add then prepare for their departure. Shocking Casualfr A Boy Eleven Years Old Snoots his Brother's Head OS. It is seldom that we are called upon to chroni cle a more lamentable or heart rending affair than the following: Saturday afternoon, two sons of Rev. J. S. Weize, at Lithopolis, Fairfield county, were playing in a room of their father's house when one of them, eleven years bid, took up a gun which was standing in the corner and playfully remarked to his brother, six years old, thai be would shoot him, and leveliog the gun, fired away, blowing the whole half of the little fellow's head off, killing him instantly. Tbe ol der brother did not dream of there being a load in the gun, only raising and leveling it in sport; but it was heavily charged with shot, and the aim was too true. Mr. Weize wasin Columbus at the time of the accidental fratracide, but a messenger wns sent for him, and met him at Shade ville, returning home; when the awful news was imparted. Mrs. Weize was nearly frantic with her grief, and the surviving brother will not be consoled. The gun was kept loaded to shoot pigeons, as tbey flew oyer the village in large numbers, and either the fact should have been made known to the biys, or the gun put out of their reach. Stale Jounral. Another Jndson Case A Negro Eons A-way with a White Girl Disgusting" Beyelopmenta. A case transpired yesterday morning which rivals in its prominent features the notorious Jndson elopement affair, and promises, like that, to afford some beautiful illustrations of the workings of practical abolitionism. A runaway pair, consisting of a big negro as black as tar, and a white girl about seventeen years old, crossed the river on the first ferry boat, and took lodgings in Windsor, with tha intention -of proceeding onward to that paradise of amalgamationism, Chatham, where they intended to locate. The girl was an intelligent-appearing female, and refased to reveal her name, bat stated to several persons tbat she waa the daughter of a farmer living soma where in Wayne county. She said that the negro, whose name is Smith," had ' worked on her father's farm for some time, and that shelad left home at his persuasion, having1 been i ad uced to return the tender passion ! which he professed for her. A gentleman who waa crossing on" tha same boat, and who appeared! to ' be' 'a traveler, questioned her in regard to the matter! and took a great interest in her welfare. He endeavored to persuade her to leava tha negro and return home, and ofTered to give her mpnej ta pejher expenses if she. would do so. .Sba . declined the ofTer, but seemed to regret the step, sis'had taken. -Bha stated thsv her father .was en 'abcli-tioaist of tha unadn!trated .etripe and that her intimacy with the cero was iaI consequence o' his peculiar teachicjs, which held that aa igno rant African was as good as a white man, if not better, and at any and all times a fit companion for his children and a proper person to fill a seat at his table. There is no means of knowing that her statements are strictly true, although there is no reason to doubt them. If they are true ber relatives will soon be in pursuit of her, and if they are not the fact remains jjiai the relations of the parties exist as we- have described them. It is not known that they were married, although such waa understood to be .their intention as soon as they reached Canada, where such unions are legal. The girl had the appearance of a country girl, and was evidently fresh from farm life, as she averred. The negro is an old darkey who has lived in Windsor before, and was at one time employed on theiro ferry boat as a deck baud. We are compelled to acknowledge that for tbe refinement of depravity we must henceforth look to the growing results of practical amalgamation. We know of nothing so disgusting or so utterly unnaturally, yet it is useless to deny that it is fast increasing upon us. Detroit Free Press. A Boy Convicted of Murder in the Second Degree. Benjamin Reyburn, a lad of sixteen, was on the 11th convicted of murder in the second de gree in Chester county, Par., after a trial of more than a week. lie had killed a girl named Susan E. Kimble under these circumstances: On the. 25th of October last, in the south western part of the county, the little girl in question disappeared after being seen ; in the vicinity of the field in which Benjamin Reyburn was plowing; on the next day a trail of blood and displaced leaves, a bloody stone of ten pounds weight, and the place of an apparent struggle were discovered in the margin of the woods adjoining the field in which Reyburn had been working; the trail led to a mill pond, in which, at the distance of forty feet from Jhe shore, the body was discovered in the water, which was, at that place, some fjur feet deep; when the body was drawn upon tbe bank finger marks were found upon the throat, the bead gashed and bruised in many places, and the person generally bearing marks of violences Ou Benjamin was found blood, his shirt and his pantaloons being marked with its traces. Yet, according to the testimony, he bad done a full day's work at plowing; and gone to a religious meeting on the evening of the day of the murder, acted throughout in wonderful protestations of innocence. Ha accounted for the blood by saying his nose had bled, a matter not difficult of belief, as he was plowingland both atony and stumpy, and where the handle of his plow might any moment have occasioned bleeding at the nose. The Times sja: On his way to the penitentiary, while on the cars, Reyburn confessed to the officer that he did kill Emma Kimble, by first choking her, and then striking her on the head with a stone. He also stated that" he Hirrrjh t she wa4ea4;hen-ha pushed, her into tbe water. On being asked by Mr. Miles if he had violated her person, he merely smiled, and said nothing. We learn that he had previously acknowledged to the keeper of the prison here, that be first violated the child, and then committed the deed of murder. This is probably the true statement, as the proof points to this as the most rational theory; but now presenting a case of absolute certainty. He is a very stupid boy, and, even now, does not seem to realize the enormity of his criane, or the long confinement he must endure. The warden of the penitentia ry put him to work picking willows to make bask ets. His sentence is for 11 years and six months. Return of a Hunting Party from the Horthwest. ". Sir Francis Sykes and Mr. Henry Peters, two English gentlemen, returned to this city day before yesterday, after an absence since June last on a hunting expedition to the country adjacent aad beyond tbe Rjsd River, settlements. Tbey have met with abundant success in the pursuit of game, having killed fifty-two buffalo, eleven elk, five black-tailed deer, (a very rare species,) five white-tailed deer, two antelopes, one lynx, two large black bears, several white wolves, besides small game, such as ducks, geese, 4c, in large numbers. Some of tbe trophies of their skill as hunters reached this city yesterday; consisting of a large wagon load of elk horns, deer antiers, buffalo robes, wolf skins, the bead of a large buffalo bull, the head of an antelope, the head of a black bear, also numerous other specimens of the game they met with. The most noticeable feature nf these spoils, however, is the mammoth size of the elk horns, which have attracted a great deal of attention, and will no doubt be regarded as great curiosities in England, whither all these things are to be sent. We had the curiosity to measure some. of them, six in all and found that from tbe baae or top of the skull to the extreme tip, they av eraged four feet nine inches in length, while crosswise from born to born, tipsj tbey measured four feet three inches aparti Bri&iiing with several sharp pointed branches, w&ictrvary from a foot to si foot and a half in length, theses im mense horns present a most formidable appearance. The gentlemen express themselves high ly pleased with their trip, and design spending a part of the winter inTTexas prior to their de-partuxa home. SL Tavl Times, 2Qih : Ancient Prototypes of the Leviathan. . From, descriptions left us, it appears that the ao cieats constructed galleys of almost fabulous size and accommodation ; some of the galleys of which we have a history must have been .truly superb, rtolemy rnilopater had one built which was four hundred and 1 wen ty feet ' long, and twenty-eight broad, and required a complement of four thousand rowers, four thousand aailora and three hundred soldiers j but that of . Hiaro, constructed by the renowned Archimedes, consumed wood enough to build sixty large galiies; and it was :ted ep ia a: style that throws the most splendid, of our. vessel into tie'shadev There was not' only banquet in groom, galleries, baths, library, and a spacious .gymnasium,; finished ani farnis-ed wi;h the most admirable skill aa J cosy tzx'. aria's, wlih stalles, Gsh ponds, culls and gar-cj ; but tlera wasa Temple of YeT3ns, tUsi v? ii g?r2ous t!jle, tbe floor being is 111 wiA precb-s stones, the wall of cypress wood, crnameoteJ; with choice painUDga and statues'. The warlike sypurtenanees Csf this marine monster were oa a correspondinz scale of " ' : " ' ; formidable grandeur. ' The vessel was surrounded by iron .bulwarks, like a rampart, massive, and strengthened with eight towers, and tiara were machines on board sufficiently powerful to project a stone three hundred pounds in weihV or dart seventeen feet and a half long, to a distance of half a mile. Artisan. - Crimes of Olden Times Sevived Gre&t Excitement. - LoPisTiti-K, Feb. 27. Saturday last a man calling himself John (Taskeli, cf Mass., others say be is aa English' man and a sailor, recently from Orleaes forty-two years old was arrested for practising sodomy on three boys. His examination to day was postponed on account of the illness of one ef the witnesses. This forenoon a crowd gathered about the court house, when the Mayor ordered a steam fire engine to the spot to drive away tha cfowd. Tbat was temporarily successful but toward dark the crowd swelling to several thon a. and. An attack on the jail and hanging of tha prisoner was apprehended. The military were ordered to hold there selvea in readiness; two cannons were placed inside tha jail; the- police were marshaled, who kept tha : square in from of the jail clear, arresting several intoxicated and turbulent persons. At 5 o'clock P. M. Judge Bullock addressed the crowd from the city court, saying the parents of tha victims desired no riotous proceedings but wr-ra willing the prisoner should be dealt with by tha law, counseling moderation. The crowd is now (9:30 P. M.) gradually dispersing and although great indignation exists against the prisoner, lbs) fears of an attack on the jail to night are sab-siding, ' r The Shoemakers' Strike. Excitement at Lynn. Bostojt, Feb. 24. : The strike at Lynn is producing great excite ment there. One hundred extra policemen are enrolled, and the military have been ordered un der arms. . The Executive Committee of the Lynn strikers have organized a strong police of their own sum ber to preserve the peace. The Light Infantry is held in readiness and a detachment of Boston policemen has been sent for. No serious outbreak is anticipated. The Stri kers' Committee have agreed to allow tha trans, portaton of work between Lynn and other towns but propose to organize strikes in each of the towns where work is received. - The Hews fcy the Enropa and Vigo. The Moorish fortress and town of Tetoan were stormed and captured by the Spaniards on tha 2d instant, aftet a most determined resistance. . A previous action on the 31st ultimo, had given both armies an assurance that the fight atTetn an would be no child's play. Fresh instances of tyranny continue to come from" Venetia. Tbe Pope had threatened to excommunicate Victor Emanuel, and made another speeeh hostile to France, and Louis Napoleon had threatened to withdraw his troops from Rome. Tha Times' correspondent had been ordered to leave Rome. In England, another disgraceful disturbance had occurred in the Church of St.George-in-the-East.. A London merchant, in the East India trade,' had failed for some $250,003. Austria, was making strong military preparations aronnd Peschiera. Jfimmigirapjis. Some persons follow the doctor's injunction relative to die eating (dieting.) A man down east ha invented a cement which will mend 'family jars." - Why is chicken pie like a gunsmith store? Because it contains fowl-in-pieces. . Seedy individual to man of business: I've dropped in to do you a favor, sir; I'm going to) allow you the pleasure of lending ma five dollars. V " ' A late religious writer stigmatizes the authors of th yellow-covered novels, aa "literary scorpions who sting virtue to death with their tales." A schoolmaster asked a fair pupil, 'Can you decline a kiss? She replied, dropping at perplexed courtesy, 'Yes sir, I can, but I hat to plajruily.' . Snooks says the best sewing machine in the world is one about seventeen years old. with a short sleeve dress, pretty little feet with gaiter boots cn. Ol don't. -A Yankee in Iowa has just taught daeka to swim in hot water, and with such success tbat they lay boiled eggs. Who says this is sot an age of improvement? An exchange perpetrated a piece of extraordinary nonsense after this fashion: 'The term 'strong-minded woman' means one who spoils a very respectable woman in vain endeavors to become a very ordinary man' A lady, walking one day on one of the) wharves in New York, asked a sailor whom she met, why a ship Was called "she. Tb son of-Neptune replied ti at it was "because the rigging cost more than tbe hulL" ... ... - - Anybody who supposes locking a girl in a room will prevent her from knowicg what lovw means, might as well undertake to keep strawberries from blushing in Joce. by whispering in their ears about the snow we had last winter. Say, Ciesar Agustus, why am jour legs Ilka 1 organ rindersr "Don't know. Mr. Surar. an loaf, why is tbey7" . "Cause they earry m roonkey about the streets. A brick grazed the head of Mr. Sugarloaf just as his ears disappeared round he corner; JA man got np the other night, and took as he supposed, a card of matches, and began to break tbem off one by one, trying to light a lamp, until the whole card was used up without accomplishing his object, when he discovered ho bad used up his wife's comb! ' To resuscitate a drowned Englishman, placa a piece of roast beef under bis aose; a Irishman, a gill cf poteen ; a Scotch man, a halfpenny;, a Welchrsan, a few leeks; a Frenchman, a pinch of snuff; a Spaaiard, some fresh tloodj an old maid, aa ofier of marriage; a Yankee, attempt to pick bis pockets. " , - , ' - Alderman Binns being callfri . epca j a woman in great haste, and indignant at m tv pression made to her, addressed hira ia tha fal lowing terms ' - .-. . -.-.; - . " Alderman, Mrs. Saooks. mr neighbor ea!I me a thief; can't I make her prove it? - weu," saia ma AJderman, a.1er a coceii a dsliberation, joa may but I thiak yoa tad Ut- ternot.7 .";...;, ;'. -r:': .'' ' - '.' f An Irishman who was aears:i!i5i. tzl a- bont to fight a duel, insisted that ha shotli CzzX six paces nearer to his antagonist than il 1, 1 -1- Ur to lunV and they were both to Era et l . same time.. This beats Sheridan's tcllir a f-t man who was eoinz to 'ht a thin oe. t -1 1. s Iatter's slim gnra out to be chalked ca tLs cJ-- ers portly person; and if tia tzT.et l.'t llsi C- side cf the line, it waa to go tit ac '.;

t . .. i .- iys;- MOUNT YERNON, OHl6 :i TUESDAY; MARCH 6, I860. VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 46. TV - IS rUBblSHBD fill TUIIVIT HUU1IV, Bf X. HARPER. Offlce in XToiiTard's Block, Taird Story ' TBBM3 T iJollri pr a,nnQtn, payable in d Tnee; $2,50 wltbia fix months.: f 3,00 after the ex- piratloa or the year. - Cloba of twenty, 1,50 each. Written for tbe Saaner. v ! TAfe Is Not a Dream. . T VAST PI5KERT0X. t life a. dream ? Oh, If it ii When will the dreaming tofferere wake, And from the cold, unhealthy cl!me, Of T7ry thought thetr spirit take ? When will they r!e from stupor's Hri.ll Unte a bright reality; . Bach rickly riaip gone for ago Hid in the milt past 10 lie? It life a dream? it may be snob, - To those whota fertnne smilei npon, , A gilded train of phantasies, That mores in airy march long; But oh. to these whose hearts mnt bleed . Neath Penury's string or Sorrow's dart. Life is no pbantomed-haunted sleep, They know 'tis true and act their part. Is life a dream f I know 'tis not,-For I'bare fought and bled within The fierce, fietoe strife with pasnion's host - And drank the oup of Adam's sin, And felt its burning powor until,' My Tery sonl a flame would seem And then tbe foolish ones would com And tell mo " Life's a dream." Dreamer, awake! yon'r slamb'ring when -. With sinews knit and weapons drawn-Tou should be warriag with the hosts . That bear you to del tructio on. Awake, airake, before the cold And turbid wares of Jordan's stream , Will roll across your sluggish seul And tell you dtnth is not a dream! Jillgwat, Feb. 21. I860. For the Xt. Vernon Banner. Lorest Tbou Die? BT "LA DBTIB." Lorest thou tno ? Oh i esn I beUertt. Tks'Tofcl yoa so fondly and tenderly breath, Can I on tby truth and assurnnoe rely. That I am more dcar'than anght 'neath the sky ? Oh! tell me would'st tbou for a brief moment griere That lay heart is too proud and too cold to believe? LoTest thoa me? swear not by tbe tky, Pay not for me thou would'st suffer and die, v Say not you worchip the ground 'neath my fest, Hot say that my presence makes solitude pweet, Twere folly, indeed, such madness to breathe, ' For my heart is too proud and too cold to believe. Lorest thon me? a brief time will prove, How easy the transfer of what you call love, Another may soon grace the loye-wreath yoa twine, Tho' you swear not a brow shall e'er wear it but mine. I smile on tbe felly and madness you breathe, For my heart is too proud and too cold to believe. Lorest thou me? Oh ! well could I prise, The heart J deem true, but my fesrs will arise,. That alt heart art ekavginrj, and dark is the fate, That wrings from the spirit tbe murmnr too Int, Away! with the love-vows 'twere niadncps to breathe For my heart is too proud and too- col. I to believe. it5)iit(jtaiL Iaaugfuratiort of Mills' Equestrian Statue - " - of Washington. Tbe following ii a description of the Mason-io ceremonies at the inauguration of the eques' trian statue of the "Father of our Countrj," at Washington city, on the 22 J inst., the anniversr-ry of hia birth. We eive .also the address of President liuchanan on that occasion: Geo. C. . Wbitinjr, Esq., Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the-District of Columbia, then proceeded to confiuct the Masonic ceremonies. In -addressing the Right . Worshipful iSenior Grand Warden, he said: In compliance with the request of the committee of arrangements, and in obedience to the order of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free atid Accepted Masons of tbe District of Columbia, it is mj will and pleasure that we now perform our bumble part in the dedication of this statue of Washing ton, which the Congress of the United States have caused to be erected. It is the dutj and has been the cuitom of Free Masons to honor and reverence the memory of distinguished pat-patriots . and benefactors of the human race; bat among them the came cf Washington is peculiarly cherished, for the world's admiration of bis character and bis countryman's gratitude for bis great services, it is our privilege to add tbe lore and affection of bis brethren of tbe mystic tie. Therefore, in order that our ancient rites may be fully performed, yoa will enjoin upon the brethren, and all others, the order and decorum befitting' this august presence and oc easion. . ; - t " ' Tbe square was then applied to the fonadation stone of the pedestal, and tbe Deputy Grand Master reported the craftsmen have done their doty. Tbe level and plumb were next applied and similar reports made. The Grand Master declared the pedestal wbicb supports th statue well formed, true and trusty. Cora May the Supreme Architect of tbe Uni Terse strengthen and support all those who shall cqntiane the work our Washington begun. . Senior Grand Warden. Wine- May tbe Giver of every good and perfect gift bless and prosper all our patriotic undertakings, and inspire this generation with widom and virtue, to transmit to the latest posterity their priceless bert-tage. - - . ,; "." -Grand Master. 00 May health, plenty, and peace, symbolized by eorn, wine and oil, plente-ously abound throughout the length and breadth i of our land, and may tbe great Ruler of the uni-tersa preserve, in ternal bonds of love and frieudb.lp, the Union of these Sovereign States. Tbe Grand Master, addressing the President of the United States, said: "This -gavel made ex pressly for the purpose and was tued bf .Wash icton, as President of the United States, and as Grand llaster Mason prp tempore, in laying the corner stosa of the Capitol, on ' tba 18th day of Beyteabert 1793 and I now have the honor of requesting, in the oaroe of the fraternity, that, you, his successor, will now v likewise employ H in tie crown in g act c( dciicixlng this atatuev : The President received tbe gavel, and, com w ing forward, was greeted with general applause. He spoke in a distinct and animated Une, as follows: - I v . Fellow CmzKJfs:-! accept the auspicious onen now presented to us in : this calm sunset, almost without a cloud. The ; early part of tbe day was boisterous. Many accidents also, occur red to delay the progress and the completion of these ceremonies, but . these unfortunate occur rence have terminated as, I thank God, always has been the case in the history of our country, If storms and tempests beset us in tbe morning, thaend of the day is still clear, bright and ani mating. Such, I trust, will ever be the issue of the gloom and darkness that for a season ap pear to envelope us. The honorable and important duty that has been assigned tome of dedicating this statue of Washington, which is a noble production of na tive America genius this welcome and grateful task, I now proceed to perform. Standing here on this beautiful and commanding position, sur rounded by the Senators and Representatives of all the States of our fellow citizens, civil and military, in full view of tbe noble Potomac which Washington loved so well, and of tbe shores of the ancient Commonwealth which gave him birth, I now solemnly dedicate this statue to the im. mortal memory of the Father of bis Country. I perform this act of pious devotion, not in the name of the people of the North or the South, the East or the West, not in the name of those who dwell on the waters of the Atlantic of the far Pacific, but in the name of the whole American people, united, one and iodivisable, now and forever. May tbe God of bur fathers preserve tbe Constitution and the Union, for ages yet to come. ; May they stand like the everlasting hills against which the tempests from every quarter of tbe heavens shall beat in vain. In a word, may they endare as the name of Washington shall be honored and cherished among the children of men. May Washington City, which be founded, eon- tinue throughout many generations, to be the seat of government of a great powerful, prosper ous and united confederacy. Should it ever become a ruin, by a dissolution of the Union, it will not like the ruins of Balbeck aud Palmyra be merely a monument of the vanity of human greatness, but will teach the lesson to all the dwellers upon earth that our grand political experiment has. failed, and that man is incapable of self-government. May such a direful disaster to the human race, be averted and In the language of Solomon, at the dedication of the Jewish Temple: "May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers Let him not leave us or forsaken us. May this be the prayer of all piececr, and may each one return to his home, in aeart more ardently patriotic, and more determined to do his whole duty to G d and his country, than when we assembled here to-day. Prophetic Forecast. Washington, in his wis aud patriotic desire for the future good of the great republic which be had founded, foresaw that difficulties might arise, growing Out of the diversity of interests of the several States forming the Union. He had little sympathy with sectional jealousies, and, in: advance, has rebuked the very spirit which now agitates this country. Raad the following extract from Irving' Life of Washington, (vol. 5, pages 55-56:) A letter from Washington's monitory friend, Dr.3tuart of Virginia, (dated March loth, 1700) spoke with alarm of the jealous belief growing up in that quarter that the Northern and Eastern States were combining to pursue their own exclusive interests. Manv he observed, who had heretofore been warm supporters of the povern- ment, were changing their sentiments, from a conviction of the impracticability of union with States whose interests were so dissimilar. Washington had little sympathy with these sectional jealousies, and the noble laneuage in which he rebukes them, cannot be too largely cited. "I ana sorry," observes be, "such jeal ousies as you speak of, should be gaining ground and poisoning tbe minds of the Southern people, but, admit tha fact which is alleged, as the cause of them, and gie it full scope, does it amount to more than was known to every man of information before, at, and since the adoption of the Constitution? Was it not always believed that there are some points which peculiarly interest the Eastern States? And did; any one who reads human nature, and more especially the character of the Eastern people, conceive that they would not pursue them steadily by a combination -of their force? Are there not other points which equally concern the Southern States? If these states are less tenacious of their interest, or if, while the Eastern move in a solid phalanx to effect their views, the Southern are always divided, which of the two is most to be blamed? That there is a diversity of inter ests in the Union, none has denied. That this is the case, also, in every State, is equally cer tain; and that it even extends to the counties of individual States can be as readily proved. In stance the Southern and Northern parts of Virginia, the upper and lower parts of South Caro lina. 'Have not the interest of these always been at variance? Witness the county of Fairfax. Have not the interests of the people of that county varied, or the inhabitants been taught to believe so?: These are- well known tenths, and yet it did not follo w that seper ation wat to result from the disagreement., v . ;'. .. . .' .y " "To eonstitnta a dispute there mast be two parties. To nnderstand it well, both parties and and ell tha circamstancea snnst f folly heard, and, to accommodate differences, temper aid mntual forbearance are requisite. Common dan ger brought th Statw into confederacy, and on thetr union our safety ?and: imnortan. ArJi. AapUitof accommodation wae the basiaoftthe present CoasUtntion. Can ii be expected then, that tha Southern, o ''.' .; ij - - - - , ' , jfana m tne em pire will succeed in all their measures?- Certain- wiu u vamea oy u tauer man ue fonoar. and for the reason which has been mentioned, name- ly, that in all great national questions, they move in unisoc, whilst the others are divided. But I ask again, which it most -blameworthy, those who see and will steadily pursue thei in terests, or those who cannot see, or seeing-, will not act wisely? And I will ask another question of the highest magnitude in my mind, to wit: if the Eastern and Northern States are dangerous in union, will they be less so in separation If self-interest is their governing principla,will it forsake them, or be restrained by such an event? I hardly think it would. Then, independently of other considerations, what would Virginia, and such other States as might be inclined to join her, gain : by a separation? Would they not, most unquestionably, be the weaker party?'' jfacts for people. THE TETJE CHARACTER BROWN. OF JO HIT The telegraph of Friday stated that the letter of Mrs. Doyle had incensed the people at Charles town very much against John Brown. We suppose the subjoined article, from the Westport Border Star, is what waa referred to. We com mend this account of murder and violence to tbe Saints, Abolitionists aid Spiritualists who disgraced the Meiodeon on Friday last : " The Massacrr at Pottawatomie Cbskst. The Abolitionists of the North are trying to get up sympathy for Old John Brown, by represent ing him to be a worthy but misguided man, and one whose nature bad been warped and embit tered by the hands of pro-slavery ists. This is 11 stuff. Brown came to Kansas, not as a peaceful settler, but as a guerilla fighter.. He never was driven from his property by border ruffians, aa he never had any property to be driv en from. All the hostility be. met with was in retaliation for - his own barbarious and brutal deeds. The first murders in Kansas were those committed by Old Brown, lie opened the bloody ball, and he, more than any one else, is respon sible for the terrible scenes that marked the protracted political squabbles of the Territory. Of all the acts in the " BleedingKansas" tragedy, the first in order of time were the murders committed on the night of the 24th of May, I860, on Pottawatomie creek. In this massacre, conducted by Old Brown, .five persons were killed, viz : Allen Wilkinson, Wm. Sherman, old Wm. P. Doyle and his two sons, .William and Drury. The heart-broken survivors bf this massacre the widows and: orphans came to. West-port and deposed to tbe facts of the bloody af. fair before, Enquire Goforth, and the record is now before us. " Allen Wilkinson was a member of the Kansas Legislature a qoiet, inoffensive man. His widow. Lonisa Jana Wilkinson, testified that on the nlghCorfte May hours of midnight and daybreak, she thinks, a pirty of men came to the house where they were residing and forcibly carried her husband away ; that they took him in the name of the North ern army,' and that next morning he was found about 150 yards from the house, dead. Mrs. Wilkinson was very ill at tbe time with measels. Here follows an extract from her affidavit: " ' I begged them to let Mr. Wilkinson stay with me, saying that I was sick and helpless, and could not stay by myself. My husband also asked them to let him etay with me, until he could get some one to wait on me j told tbem that be would not run off, but he would be there the next day, or whenever called for; the old man who seemed to be in command looked at me, and then around at the children, and replied, "you have neighbors." I said " so I have, but they are not here, and I cannot go for them." The old man replied, "it matters not," and told him to get ready. My husband wanted to put on his boots, and get ready, so as to be. protected from the damp and night air, but they would not let him. They then took: my husband away. '" After they were gone I thought I heard my husband's voice in complaint. Next morning Mr. Wilkinson's body was fotrad about 150 yards from the house, in somejdead brush. A lady who saw my husband's body said that there was a gash in his head and his side. Others said he was cut in the throat twice.' " Mr. Wilkinson waa a poor man j of course his widow was left destitute ; but, regardless of this fact, they took away some property, including the on ly horse tbey . had. 'Mrs. Wilkinson was presented at Westport, Missouri, with the necessary means to go to her father's in Tennessee. She had two small children. Mrs. Wilkinson's description of the leader of tbe men who murdered her husband suits Captain Jchn Brown, a well known character in the Abolition party. She says that her husband was a quiet man, and was not engaged in arresting or disturbing anybody. He took no active part in the pro-slavery cause, so as to aggravate the Abolitionists; but be was an anti-slavery man. " The circumstances attending. William Sherman's assassination are testified to by James Harris, of Franklin county, Kansas.' Mr. Sherman was staying over night at the house of Har. ris, when, on the 24th of May, at about 2 o'clock, Capt. John Brown , and party came there, and after taking some property and questioning Har ris and others, Sherman was asked .to walk oat. Mr. Harris, in his affidavit, says : Old man Brown asked Mr. Sherman to 'go out with him, and, Sherman then' went out with Brown. I heard nothing more for about ..fifteen 'fnlnotea. Two of the 1 Northern army, aa they styled themselves, stayed with as until they heard a cap burst, and then these two men left. Next morri- tng about l0 o'clock I foundT tTtlliam ; Shermaa dead, in the creek near ray bouse. I was look ing for him as he had not come back. I thought he had been murdered. I took Mr. - William Shermaa (body) out of the creeV and examined it. v Mrs. White man was1 with' me. Sheraaa'a sknTl was put, open in two places, and1 soma of his brains were washed oat by the water; a large hole waa cut in has breast and his left hand was cat off, except a little piece of skin on ooa side: . .." In relation to the ass 'nation of James P. Doyle and sons, the al vit of Mrs. Mahala Doyle,' the widowed moth , is as follows : i . ; IfAOAlLDOTLES rsposiTiojr , " The undersigned. Ml!. ala Doyle, states on oath r; I am tbe widow c ?, the late James . P. Doyle. We moved into it a Territory that is, my husband, myself and "cLildren, moved into the Territory of Kansas sbae time in November, A. D. 1855, and settled upon Musketo creek, about one mile from 'its -mouth, and wlerg it empties into Pottawatomtet creek, in Franklin county. On-Saturday, the 24th day of May, A. D. 1856, about 1 1 .o'clock af night, after we had all retired, rrVy husband, James P. Doyle, myself and six children five boys and one girl. The eldest is about twenty-two years of age , his name ii William. The next is about twenty years of age ; his name is "Drury. . The next is about seventeen years of age ; bjtr name is Pol ly Ann. The next is about eight eara of age : his name is J ames. The next about five years of age ; his name is Henry We were all in bed, wben we beard some persons come into tbe yard, and rap at the door, and call for Mr. Doyle, my husband. This was about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, of the 2it of May last. My husband got up and went to the door. Those outside inquired for Mr. Wilkinson, and where he lived. My husband said he would tell them. Mr. Doyle, my husband, and' several came into the house, and said they were from the army. My husband was a pro-slavery man. Tbey told my husband tbat he and the boys must surren der ; they were then prisoners. The men were armed with pistols and large knives. They first took my husband out of the bouse; then took two Of my sons '-Willanv and Drury out, and then took my husband and these two boys (Wil-Lam and Drury) away. My son John was spared' because I asked them in tears to spare him. In a short time afterwards I heard the. report of pistols ; I heard two reports. After which I heard moaning as if a person waa dying. : Then I heard a wild whoop. Tbey had asked before they went away for our horses. We told them that our horses were out on the prairie. My hus band and two boys, my sons, did net come back any more. I went out next morning' in search of them, and found my husband and William, my Bon, lying dead in the road, near together, about 200, yards from thi house. They were buried the next day. On the day of the burying, I saw4he dead body of Drury. Fear for myself and the remaining children, induced me j to leave the home where we had been livirg. j We had improved our claim a little. I left and went to the State of Missouri. ber "y. . (Signed,-) ; MaHALa X DoTtE. ' Witness, T. J; Gofortii. " mark. " ' State of Missouri, " Jackson County, 83. 1 ' On the seventeenth davjf June, I8061 - .... . - . 'me, se.a a Justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, Mabala Doyle, whose name appears to the above and foregoing statement, and makes oath according to law, that the above and foregoing. statement is troe as therein set forth. Given under my hand and seal the day and year above written. "Thos. J. Gofobth, J. P. Seal. " The testimony of John Doyle confirms that of his mother generally, and we only copy a few paragraphs : - '"I fonnd my father and brother William lying dead about two hundred yards from the house. I saw my brother lying dead on the ground, about one hundred and fifty yards from the house, in the grass near a ravine. His fingers were cufoff, and bis arms cut off. II is head was cut open. There was a hole in his breast. William's head was cut open, and a bole was in his side. My father was shot in the forehead and stabbed in the Breast. I have talked often with Northern men in the Territory, and these meo talk exactly like Eastern and Northern men talk tbat is, their language and pronunciation were similar ta those Eastern and Northern men with whom we have talked. An old man commanded the party. He was dark complected, and his face was slim. We had lighted the candle, and about eight of them entered the house. There were some outside. The complexion of most of those eight whom I saw in the bouse were of a sandy complexion. : My father and brothers were pro slavery men, andJ belonged to the law and order party. . - " Such is old Brown I If ever a man richly deserved hanging, it is this hoary-headed villain and cut throat. The blood of his victims' hare long enough cried out for justice and satisfaction.": . :: Murders Committed by Brown Before Ms two Sons were Killed. Persistent efforts have bee a made to show that Brown was driven into tbe desperate and bloody career which marked the last three years of his residence in Kansas, in consequence of the murder of two bf his sons by the pro-slavery party. Affidavits taken in June, 1856, have been published, proving that he was the aggressor in the work of slaughters Louisa Jane Wilkinson, widow of the late Allen Wilkinson, a member of the Kansas legislature, deposed that between mid. night and daylight, May 24,-1856, a party cama to the house, and, in the name of. the 'Northern army,n took her husband oat and shot hia. Not having known Brown,' she was not able to slate of her own knowledge that he was 'one of the party, but the description aha , gave .the leader correspond with his appearance in every respect. On the same night, William Sherman, was taken out of the house of "James Harriaand murdered by Captain John Brown1 and. party, styling themselves) the Northern army. . Abthe tiaie they took Sherman out,' they took soma property front the honse! ' Harris In his deposition, calls Brbwa 1y nitne identifying 1 hidi x. with: certaintywTbe deposition of -,Ma,hala Doyle, widow, disclosed a more .extensive .butchery.. The party came to her husband's house about eleven o'clock on the night of tha iithl and inquired where nrVVTiL kinsoa lived. Her husband, WiUIaia P. Doyle, got op to tall them. Thejjlhea told Doyle and Vis two sons, William and Drury, that they must surrender. Within Gtleen minutes they were all three killed in the road, near the bouse. - William was twenty-two years of age, and Drury twenty. John, seventeen years of age, was spared at the earnest entreaties of his mother. ' In his deposition, John gave a description of the leader fully answering to Brown. All these depositions were taken within a month of the . occurrences testified to by the survivors. Here we have the murder of five persons, who, up to the time of their seizure, lad been living in peace upon the land they bad settled. " To meet this evidence, John Brown one of Brown's surviving sons, has put forth his assertion that his father was not in Franklin county in May, ,1856. But the newspapers of that day show that be was then in tbat part of Kansas, at the bead of an armed party, which was spoken of by the pro-slavery men as a band of iree-bootera, and by tbe free state men as an organization got up for the defence of Kansas and freedom. From the first. tbat night's bloody work took- the name of tbe " Pottawatomie Creek Massacre.7 Boston Cou rier;. '.-"-';; . ; -V - PilgTimag'e to Mecca. A recent publication of the Ministry of Alge ria and the Colonies makes some curious state ments relating to the pilgrimages to Mecca during the present year. The ceremonies at Mecca terminated on the 11th of last month, in the presence of about 50,000 piJgiirns, of whom 17,850 had come by sea, and 32,150 by land. In 1858 there were 160,000 pilgrims; iu 1858, 140,000, and 1856, 120,000. This great decrease in the number in 1859 is owing, the natives declare, to the events of Ujedda last year, and also to the dread of the cholera, which made extensive ravages in- 1858. As soon as the pilgrim sets foot on the sacred soil of Mecca he must put on two pieces of white cloth, one tied around his loins with ends hanging down to the middle of the leg while the other is thrown over the shoulders .so as to leave the right arm free. lie must go bare headed and wear sandals. As long as he wears this garment he is bound to lead a pure and reg ular life. At Mecca he begins the ceremonies under the direction of a guide. They are as follows: 1, visiting .the temple and- going seven times round the KaabasUrting from the Black Stone, which he must kiss, or touch in complet ing each circuit; 2, drinking the water of the well of Zem Zem, at which, says tradition, Ha gar and Isbmael quenched their thirst; 3, praying at the Station of Abraham, marked by a stone on which he is said to have stood when he went to sacrifice his Son; 4, stopping and praying at the place called El Madjen, the spot where Solo mon stood to see mortar mixed for building the temple; 5, running seven times between Mounts Safa and Merwa, within the limits of the city, in m,mnr8ti0(r cf Hagar'a anxious search for water for herself ander7eonf"o7rrepiro 00 the 9th day of the month to Mount Ararat, about twelve miles from Mecca, aftey morning, prayer. Mahommedan tradition says that on this hill Adam built a temple and Mahomet performed his devotions; 7, on the following day the pilgrims all go in a body to the Valley of Mouna and there sacrifice prppitatory victim?; they also cut their hair and nails, devoutly burying the portions cut off. After remaining two days at Mount, tbey again visit tbe Temple of Mecca, add then prepare for their departure. Shocking Casualfr A Boy Eleven Years Old Snoots his Brother's Head OS. It is seldom that we are called upon to chroni cle a more lamentable or heart rending affair than the following: Saturday afternoon, two sons of Rev. J. S. Weize, at Lithopolis, Fairfield county, were playing in a room of their father's house when one of them, eleven years bid, took up a gun which was standing in the corner and playfully remarked to his brother, six years old, thai be would shoot him, and leveliog the gun, fired away, blowing the whole half of the little fellow's head off, killing him instantly. Tbe ol der brother did not dream of there being a load in the gun, only raising and leveling it in sport; but it was heavily charged with shot, and the aim was too true. Mr. Weize wasin Columbus at the time of the accidental fratracide, but a messenger wns sent for him, and met him at Shade ville, returning home; when the awful news was imparted. Mrs. Weize was nearly frantic with her grief, and the surviving brother will not be consoled. The gun was kept loaded to shoot pigeons, as tbey flew oyer the village in large numbers, and either the fact should have been made known to the biys, or the gun put out of their reach. Stale Jounral. Another Jndson Case A Negro Eons A-way with a White Girl Disgusting" Beyelopmenta. A case transpired yesterday morning which rivals in its prominent features the notorious Jndson elopement affair, and promises, like that, to afford some beautiful illustrations of the workings of practical abolitionism. A runaway pair, consisting of a big negro as black as tar, and a white girl about seventeen years old, crossed the river on the first ferry boat, and took lodgings in Windsor, with tha intention -of proceeding onward to that paradise of amalgamationism, Chatham, where they intended to locate. The girl was an intelligent-appearing female, and refased to reveal her name, bat stated to several persons tbat she waa the daughter of a farmer living soma where in Wayne county. She said that the negro, whose name is Smith," had ' worked on her father's farm for some time, and that shelad left home at his persuasion, having1 been i ad uced to return the tender passion ! which he professed for her. A gentleman who waa crossing on" tha same boat, and who appeared! to ' be' 'a traveler, questioned her in regard to the matter! and took a great interest in her welfare. He endeavored to persuade her to leava tha negro and return home, and ofTered to give her mpnej ta pejher expenses if she. would do so. .Sba . declined the ofTer, but seemed to regret the step, sis'had taken. -Bha stated thsv her father .was en 'abcli-tioaist of tha unadn!trated .etripe and that her intimacy with the cero was iaI consequence o' his peculiar teachicjs, which held that aa igno rant African was as good as a white man, if not better, and at any and all times a fit companion for his children and a proper person to fill a seat at his table. There is no means of knowing that her statements are strictly true, although there is no reason to doubt them. If they are true ber relatives will soon be in pursuit of her, and if they are not the fact remains jjiai the relations of the parties exist as we- have described them. It is not known that they were married, although such waa understood to be .their intention as soon as they reached Canada, where such unions are legal. The girl had the appearance of a country girl, and was evidently fresh from farm life, as she averred. The negro is an old darkey who has lived in Windsor before, and was at one time employed on theiro ferry boat as a deck baud. We are compelled to acknowledge that for tbe refinement of depravity we must henceforth look to the growing results of practical amalgamation. We know of nothing so disgusting or so utterly unnaturally, yet it is useless to deny that it is fast increasing upon us. Detroit Free Press. A Boy Convicted of Murder in the Second Degree. Benjamin Reyburn, a lad of sixteen, was on the 11th convicted of murder in the second de gree in Chester county, Par., after a trial of more than a week. lie had killed a girl named Susan E. Kimble under these circumstances: On the. 25th of October last, in the south western part of the county, the little girl in question disappeared after being seen ; in the vicinity of the field in which Benjamin Reyburn was plowing; on the next day a trail of blood and displaced leaves, a bloody stone of ten pounds weight, and the place of an apparent struggle were discovered in the margin of the woods adjoining the field in which Reyburn had been working; the trail led to a mill pond, in which, at the distance of forty feet from Jhe shore, the body was discovered in the water, which was, at that place, some fjur feet deep; when the body was drawn upon tbe bank finger marks were found upon the throat, the bead gashed and bruised in many places, and the person generally bearing marks of violences Ou Benjamin was found blood, his shirt and his pantaloons being marked with its traces. Yet, according to the testimony, he bad done a full day's work at plowing; and gone to a religious meeting on the evening of the day of the murder, acted throughout in wonderful protestations of innocence. Ha accounted for the blood by saying his nose had bled, a matter not difficult of belief, as he was plowingland both atony and stumpy, and where the handle of his plow might any moment have occasioned bleeding at the nose. The Times sja: On his way to the penitentiary, while on the cars, Reyburn confessed to the officer that he did kill Emma Kimble, by first choking her, and then striking her on the head with a stone. He also stated that" he Hirrrjh t she wa4ea4;hen-ha pushed, her into tbe water. On being asked by Mr. Miles if he had violated her person, he merely smiled, and said nothing. We learn that he had previously acknowledged to the keeper of the prison here, that be first violated the child, and then committed the deed of murder. This is probably the true statement, as the proof points to this as the most rational theory; but now presenting a case of absolute certainty. He is a very stupid boy, and, even now, does not seem to realize the enormity of his criane, or the long confinement he must endure. The warden of the penitentia ry put him to work picking willows to make bask ets. His sentence is for 11 years and six months. Return of a Hunting Party from the Horthwest. ". Sir Francis Sykes and Mr. Henry Peters, two English gentlemen, returned to this city day before yesterday, after an absence since June last on a hunting expedition to the country adjacent aad beyond tbe Rjsd River, settlements. Tbey have met with abundant success in the pursuit of game, having killed fifty-two buffalo, eleven elk, five black-tailed deer, (a very rare species,) five white-tailed deer, two antelopes, one lynx, two large black bears, several white wolves, besides small game, such as ducks, geese, 4c, in large numbers. Some of tbe trophies of their skill as hunters reached this city yesterday; consisting of a large wagon load of elk horns, deer antiers, buffalo robes, wolf skins, the bead of a large buffalo bull, the head of an antelope, the head of a black bear, also numerous other specimens of the game they met with. The most noticeable feature nf these spoils, however, is the mammoth size of the elk horns, which have attracted a great deal of attention, and will no doubt be regarded as great curiosities in England, whither all these things are to be sent. We had the curiosity to measure some. of them, six in all and found that from tbe baae or top of the skull to the extreme tip, they av eraged four feet nine inches in length, while crosswise from born to born, tipsj tbey measured four feet three inches aparti Bri&iiing with several sharp pointed branches, w&ictrvary from a foot to si foot and a half in length, theses im mense horns present a most formidable appearance. The gentlemen express themselves high ly pleased with their trip, and design spending a part of the winter inTTexas prior to their de-partuxa home. SL Tavl Times, 2Qih : Ancient Prototypes of the Leviathan. . From, descriptions left us, it appears that the ao cieats constructed galleys of almost fabulous size and accommodation ; some of the galleys of which we have a history must have been .truly superb, rtolemy rnilopater had one built which was four hundred and 1 wen ty feet ' long, and twenty-eight broad, and required a complement of four thousand rowers, four thousand aailora and three hundred soldiers j but that of . Hiaro, constructed by the renowned Archimedes, consumed wood enough to build sixty large galiies; and it was :ted ep ia a: style that throws the most splendid, of our. vessel into tie'shadev There was not' only banquet in groom, galleries, baths, library, and a spacious .gymnasium,; finished ani farnis-ed wi;h the most admirable skill aa J cosy tzx'. aria's, wlih stalles, Gsh ponds, culls and gar-cj ; but tlera wasa Temple of YeT3ns, tUsi v? ii g?r2ous t!jle, tbe floor being is 111 wiA precb-s stones, the wall of cypress wood, crnameoteJ; with choice painUDga and statues'. The warlike sypurtenanees Csf this marine monster were oa a correspondinz scale of " ' : " ' ; formidable grandeur. ' The vessel was surrounded by iron .bulwarks, like a rampart, massive, and strengthened with eight towers, and tiara were machines on board sufficiently powerful to project a stone three hundred pounds in weihV or dart seventeen feet and a half long, to a distance of half a mile. Artisan. - Crimes of Olden Times Sevived Gre&t Excitement. - LoPisTiti-K, Feb. 27. Saturday last a man calling himself John (Taskeli, cf Mass., others say be is aa English' man and a sailor, recently from Orleaes forty-two years old was arrested for practising sodomy on three boys. His examination to day was postponed on account of the illness of one ef the witnesses. This forenoon a crowd gathered about the court house, when the Mayor ordered a steam fire engine to the spot to drive away tha cfowd. Tbat was temporarily successful but toward dark the crowd swelling to several thon a. and. An attack on the jail and hanging of tha prisoner was apprehended. The military were ordered to hold there selvea in readiness; two cannons were placed inside tha jail; the- police were marshaled, who kept tha : square in from of the jail clear, arresting several intoxicated and turbulent persons. At 5 o'clock P. M. Judge Bullock addressed the crowd from the city court, saying the parents of tha victims desired no riotous proceedings but wr-ra willing the prisoner should be dealt with by tha law, counseling moderation. The crowd is now (9:30 P. M.) gradually dispersing and although great indignation exists against the prisoner, lbs) fears of an attack on the jail to night are sab-siding, ' r The Shoemakers' Strike. Excitement at Lynn. Bostojt, Feb. 24. : The strike at Lynn is producing great excite ment there. One hundred extra policemen are enrolled, and the military have been ordered un der arms. . The Executive Committee of the Lynn strikers have organized a strong police of their own sum ber to preserve the peace. The Light Infantry is held in readiness and a detachment of Boston policemen has been sent for. No serious outbreak is anticipated. The Stri kers' Committee have agreed to allow tha trans, portaton of work between Lynn and other towns but propose to organize strikes in each of the towns where work is received. - The Hews fcy the Enropa and Vigo. The Moorish fortress and town of Tetoan were stormed and captured by the Spaniards on tha 2d instant, aftet a most determined resistance. . A previous action on the 31st ultimo, had given both armies an assurance that the fight atTetn an would be no child's play. Fresh instances of tyranny continue to come from" Venetia. Tbe Pope had threatened to excommunicate Victor Emanuel, and made another speeeh hostile to France, and Louis Napoleon had threatened to withdraw his troops from Rome. Tha Times' correspondent had been ordered to leave Rome. In England, another disgraceful disturbance had occurred in the Church of St.George-in-the-East.. A London merchant, in the East India trade,' had failed for some $250,003. Austria, was making strong military preparations aronnd Peschiera. Jfimmigirapjis. Some persons follow the doctor's injunction relative to die eating (dieting.) A man down east ha invented a cement which will mend 'family jars." - Why is chicken pie like a gunsmith store? Because it contains fowl-in-pieces. . Seedy individual to man of business: I've dropped in to do you a favor, sir; I'm going to) allow you the pleasure of lending ma five dollars. V " ' A late religious writer stigmatizes the authors of th yellow-covered novels, aa "literary scorpions who sting virtue to death with their tales." A schoolmaster asked a fair pupil, 'Can you decline a kiss? She replied, dropping at perplexed courtesy, 'Yes sir, I can, but I hat to plajruily.' . Snooks says the best sewing machine in the world is one about seventeen years old. with a short sleeve dress, pretty little feet with gaiter boots cn. Ol don't. -A Yankee in Iowa has just taught daeka to swim in hot water, and with such success tbat they lay boiled eggs. Who says this is sot an age of improvement? An exchange perpetrated a piece of extraordinary nonsense after this fashion: 'The term 'strong-minded woman' means one who spoils a very respectable woman in vain endeavors to become a very ordinary man' A lady, walking one day on one of the) wharves in New York, asked a sailor whom she met, why a ship Was called "she. Tb son of-Neptune replied ti at it was "because the rigging cost more than tbe hulL" ... ... - - Anybody who supposes locking a girl in a room will prevent her from knowicg what lovw means, might as well undertake to keep strawberries from blushing in Joce. by whispering in their ears about the snow we had last winter. Say, Ciesar Agustus, why am jour legs Ilka 1 organ rindersr "Don't know. Mr. Surar. an loaf, why is tbey7" . "Cause they earry m roonkey about the streets. A brick grazed the head of Mr. Sugarloaf just as his ears disappeared round he corner; JA man got np the other night, and took as he supposed, a card of matches, and began to break tbem off one by one, trying to light a lamp, until the whole card was used up without accomplishing his object, when he discovered ho bad used up his wife's comb! ' To resuscitate a drowned Englishman, placa a piece of roast beef under bis aose; a Irishman, a gill cf poteen ; a Scotch man, a halfpenny;, a Welchrsan, a few leeks; a Frenchman, a pinch of snuff; a Spaaiard, some fresh tloodj an old maid, aa ofier of marriage; a Yankee, attempt to pick bis pockets. " , - , ' - Alderman Binns being callfri . epca j a woman in great haste, and indignant at m tv pression made to her, addressed hira ia tha fal lowing terms ' - .-. . -.-.; - . " Alderman, Mrs. Saooks. mr neighbor ea!I me a thief; can't I make her prove it? - weu," saia ma AJderman, a.1er a coceii a dsliberation, joa may but I thiak yoa tad Ut- ternot.7 .";...;, ;'. -r:': .'' ' - '.' f An Irishman who was aears:i!i5i. tzl a- bont to fight a duel, insisted that ha shotli CzzX six paces nearer to his antagonist than il 1, 1 -1- Ur to lunV and they were both to Era et l . same time.. This beats Sheridan's tcllir a f-t man who was eoinz to 'ht a thin oe. t -1 1. s Iatter's slim gnra out to be chalked ca tLs cJ-- ers portly person; and if tia tzT.et l.'t llsi C- side cf the line, it waa to go tit ac '.;